It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.

  • -- Caleb Cushing 卡莱布库欣

在我看来,拒绝接受一项请愿书,或由某种一般命令直接拒绝请愿书,与拒绝请愿权之间是无法区别的。

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The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.

诺曼人手里拿着长矛走过来,把他们面前的一切都烧了,践踏了,用剑刃把撒克逊王朝和撒克逊贵族砍了个精光;但是请愿的权利仍然没有受到影响。

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.

金钱买不到内心的平静。它不能治愈破裂的关系,也不能为一个没有意义的生活建立意义。

A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.

女人很少把自己的思想写在附言里。

Petitions are ridiculous.

请愿是荒谬的。